Passion And Power Episode 17
Arturo is furious but thanks to his son Miguel he will get back at Eladio, Miguel agrees to help him take Eladio down. Arturo later realizes he can’t stand as low as Eladio in trying to get back at him. He rather prefers to concentrate on how to make his business grow. Miguel agrees with him and Arturo hugs his son. David wants to know what is going between Julia and his father. Julia makes up excuses; she prefers to sleep in different room because she needs space. David doesn’t believe her and leaves. Gaby tells Julia things are getting very dangerous, Julia agrees with her and feels it is time she speaks with Arturo. Daniella joins Joshua at the coffee shop though she is grounded and asks if he still has the wedding invitation. He tells her yes and she is excited, Joshua tells him his parent want to know why he hasn’t started disturbing them. He told them Regina is in Querétaro for her project. Daniella spoke with Regina and she told her she is still mad at him for what he did at Querétaro. Nevertheless she still loves him and suggests he starts sharing the wedding invitation. When Regina notices people already have the invitation she will marry him. Franco visits Monserrat and hopes she hasn’t forgetting thanks to him she got her job back. Monserrat is aware and hopes he needs something in return. Franco only wants her to trust him and promise she will always get what she needs. He wants her to influence Eladio to make decision to favor him. Monserrat is glad to have him as a friend so does Franco. Regina tells Miguel she can’t be with David because of the rivalry between their fathers.
Miguel passes a comment about being in love with the wrong person. Regina wonders if he is in love with someone. He tells her yes, but he can’t tell her because she is with someone else. He stares at a picture of him, Regina and Consuelo. Monserrat and Franco drink to their friendship. Franco intentionally gets her drunk so she can tell him more about her relationship with Eladio. Monserrat loves Eladio with all her heart. She tells him they have been lovers for the past 3 years. Once a prostitute, always a prostitute, she tries on him but he turns her down. Franco receives a test message from Eladio and leaves. As soon as he does, Monserrat let us know she was deceiving Franco. She is not drunk and calls him stupid. Well if he thinks he is going to use her, it is going to be the opposite. David meets with Francisco and can’t believe Regina gave up so easily on their relationship. David finally realized the only person who will be affected will be his mother. Erick shows up at Monserrat apartment before Franco leaves. Franco sees him and decides to take picture of him. Don’t mess with my godfather Monserrat, he loudly says and leaves. Arturo knocks at Daniella door and realizes it is locked. Nina shows up and tells him she might be asleep and take him away knowing her daughter is out. They start arguing about Daniella behavior and Nina does what she knows best how to do. His phone rings and she forces him to pick it, it is Julia and request to speak to him. They agree to see each other at the foundation. Julia sees Eladio coming and hangs up, he wonder if she can’t sleep.
Julia is worried about David; Eladio tells her David is not a child. Franco interrupts them and Julia leaves. Daniella sneaks back into her room through the window. She goes to the hall and sees her father; he tells her he already found a psychiatrist for her. She hopes he will go with her as she suggested. She feels her mother is the only one who cares about her hence the reason of their recent argument. Arturo explains to her that what is going between him and her Moher has nothing to do with what he feels for her and her siblings. Daniella feels nothing she does pleases him and he will never love her like Regina. She tells her father she went to Querétaro to make peace with Regina only to find her with her Daniella’s boyfriend. Regina walks on them and can’t believe it. Daniella tells her she did to take revenge on her for what happen with Joshua. Eladio is pissed off and wants to know who told David about the fight. Eladio asks Franco to use Gabriella to find out what she knows. Regina denies it; Daniella tells him she met him first in Cancun. Arturo stands between his girls while they yell at each other. He yells at them to keep quiet and can’t believe they are fighting over a boy. He tells them they are sister and have to respect each other and the family. He holds both of them closer and hugs them. Franco goes to Gaby to try to find out as requested by Eladio. Gaby tells him she knows nothing, he doesn’t believe her because she looks nervous. He insists but she tells him it is because between her aunt and uncle. She doesn’t want to get involve; Franco hopes she will tell him when she knows something that can hurt them. Arturo doesn’t understand Regina, she just broke up with Joshua and she is already dating. Regina doesn’t deny but assures him she already ended that relationship.
Arturo can’t believe it but she tells him she didn’t do it to get back at Daniella. She likes him and feels they are meant to be together. He advises her to wait a while before she starts dating. He is talking out of experience, then he decides to confide in his daughter on condition she doesn’t tell anyone not even her mother. He tells her he was about to marry an incredible woman but they broke up. He made her mistake and she never forgave him. Regina feels they must have been in love if they were about to marry. He says yes and he never stops loving her, oopps he quickly reframes his sentence. No one loves this way twice though he also loves her mother. She thanks him for confiding in him. Erick shows up and she leaves, Arturo tells him he is irresponsible. Arturo reminds him having a lover isn’t the way to solve his marital problem. He advises his son to make his marriage work. Erick doesn’t know how because it is not his fault. Arturo tells him it takes two, he suggests they have their own apartment and go for counselling. If Erick thinks he can’t then he should get divorce before she find another woman. Erick tells him it is easy for him to say that because he loves his mother. Arturo reminds him they are talking about him Erick. He won’t let him have a lover, especially Eladio’s lover. Erick didn’t know Eladio was also dating her. He asks his father what he will do if he also loves the same woman as his enemy. Arturo doesn’t want him to say stupid things. Erick asks him to relax, it was just a statement. Arturo tells him he will put his family first and not his interest.
[adinserter block=”10″]Erick doesn’t believe his father. Arturo tells him at time it is better to give up and advise him to sort things out with Consuelo. David catches Gaby and Franco together; she informs him they are dating. David doesn’t like him but if she is happy with him, he is glad. Francisco informs David his friend sent him a wedding invitation of Joshua and Regina. David feels both girls tries to use him and Regina is even worse. Gisela comes to Maribel house and demand to know the truth. She wants to know if Maribel is sick. Luisita hears and wants to know if it is true. Maribel gets angry and kicks her out of her house. Julia gives permission to her secretary to go to the bank with her driver. She asks her to also get her to call on her way back; I guess she doesn’t want to be disturbed since Arturo is coming over. As soon as the woman leaves, Julia adjusts her make up to receive Arturo. Soon after he arrives, he tells her he is very happy she requested to speak with him. Julia tells him she is not happy with Eladio. She admits that the pictures and the happy marriage in the public is nothing but cover-up. She is paying for the mistake she made by marrying without loving him. Arturo wants to know if she still loves him. Julia tells him she married Eladio out of spite and now she is unhappy. Arturo feels responsible, but she asks him no to. Arturo disagrees, he made mistake and he ruin both their life. He confesses to her he never love anyone except her. He married Nina because he wanted Miguel to have a family but he hasn’t been happy. Julia feels it is her fault, she decided to marry Elaido. When she started having doubt, he paid off her father’s gambling debt and save him from scandals.
She felt obliged to stay with him and he made her go through it. He knows how Eladio is, Arturo apologizes. He had no idea she was going through this. Julia tells him Eladio started treating her badly when he notices she was still in love with him Arturo. He hopes Eladio doesn’t abuse her physically; Julia refuses to talk about it since they are both married. Arturo tells her he hasn’t stop thinking about her. He removes his handkerchief and cleans her tear then ask her to stop crying. He hugs her and again apologizes to her. Eladio visits his father in law with special gifts. He advises him to hide the cigar and the cognac so they don’t find it. The old man is over joyed, he tells him even his own daughter doesn’t treat him this good. He quickly changes the subject and asks him what he wants in return. Eladio wants him to talk to Julia, she has become rebellious. Humberto knows his daughter and wants to know what happen. Eladio tells him nothing, just a misunderstanding with an employee. Humberto doesn’t believe him; Eladio tells him there is nothing between him and the woman. Well Eladio is not asking him for a favor. He demands he puts Julia in place because she is still fears him. Humberto tells him Julia isn’t scare of him like her mother. Eladio interrupts him and asks him to help him, and threatens to take away all the privileges he is enjoying. Even the cigar he just gave him, he takes and crumples it right in front of the old man. Regina and Daniella argue again over David. Regina is glad she is going to rehab, Daniella laugh and reminds her she always get what she wants and drives off. As soon as she leaves, David shows up and starts insulting her. Humberto agrees to talk to his daughter and reminds Eladio she always does what he says. Thought he admits he did fails to convince her in the past.
Humberto suggests he gets closer to David because Julia will do anything for her son. Eladio tried but anytime he sees David, he reminds him of Arturo. Humberto advises he treat her well and assures him Julia belongs to only him. Julia tells Arturo, she has awakened all the feelings in him. Julia breaks the hug and feels it was a mistake to call him. Arturo wants to know if she still loves him. Regina and David argue until he tells her he doesn’t care about her wedding. Regina doesn’t know what he is talking about. David asks her to stop lying and tells her he has no intention to give up on the project. Regina tells him me either. Julia admits seeing Arturo again has also awakened her feeling reasons why she didn’t want him around. She is afraid to be close to him, Arturo holds her face in his hands and kiss her.